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INSECTS ABROAD. 



of " Suu-fringe." The thorax is boldly mottled with brown 

 and white. 



There are very few insects which have so large a range of 

 locality as this. There are many specimens in the British 

 Museum, and they were taken in the follow^ing localities, which 

 I give in the same order as they occur in the Museum, without 

 any attempt at grouping them : — Europe, Gibraltar, Navigator's 

 Island, Rio de Janeiro, Natal, Congo, Venezuela, Georgia, Aus- 

 tralia, Jamaica, Mexico, Northern India, Ceylon. 



The insect called Praxis corvus is a native of Tasmania. Its 

 general colour is black, but with a side-light there is a gloss of 



FiG. 4'20. — Praxis oci 

 (Sooty hlack.) 



blue, like that of iron. The specific name corvus signifies " a 

 crow," and is given to the insect on account of this blue-black 

 colour, which is just that of the crow's plumage. 



The upper wings are boldly scolloped at the edges, and are 

 crossed by three irregular bands of jet black. The lower wings 

 are similarly coloured, but have only two black bands, and 



